Tag World War II

Väinö Tanner And The Russo-Finnish War Of 1940 – March 15, 1940 – Past Daily Reference Room

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Finnish Foreign Minister Väinö Tanner – March 15, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Unless you were studying the history of World War 2 and the events…

The Turbulent 60s – Democracy And Militarism – Past Daily Reference Room

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – WBAI: The Turbulent Sixties – Democracy and Militarism – July 7, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. No shortage of similarities between the decade of the 1960s…

Andrè Cluytens And The Paris Conservatory Play La Flem At The 1949 Besançon Festival – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Paul Le Flem – Adagio – Paris Conservatory Orch. Andrè Cluytens, cond, – 1949 Besançon Festival – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Back over to France this week…

Day Of Infamy + 73 – December 7, 1941

Reports from Mutual Broadcasting – December 7, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – This day; this Sunday 73 years ago, we joined the rest of the world engulfed in War. For the U.S., World War 2 had officially begun.…

‘A New Kind Of War’ – Neville Chamberlain Addresses The World – November 26, 1939

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”18207″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain address – November 26, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! This day in 1939 marked the second time since the war began that Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain…

A Shostakovich Press Conference – 1959 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Press Conference featuring Dimitri Shostakovich, Tikhon Khrenikov and Dimitri Kabalevsky – Philadelphia – November 6, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As part of the Cold War…

Hostilities - Polish prisoners

September 2, 1939 – Hostilities: The Final Step In The One-Sided Repudiation In International Instruments – The Taking Of Prisoners

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”16753″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”September 2, 1939 – BBC Home Service News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] After the initial shock of invasion came the scramble to take sides. Italy pledged alliance with Germany. France and Britain declared…